Twenty-five works from seven countries will compete in the seventh edition of the Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards, created to promote, and enhance the value of animation from the Ibero-American region. The winners will be announced on May 11 at the Leal Theater in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, on the island of Tenerife.
Spain tops the list of countries with the most entries (16), followed by Brazil (seven) and Chile (three). Argentina, Mexico and Portugal are present with two nominations each, while Colombia has one nomination. For the first time since their creation, the Quirino Awards achieved gender parity in their two main categories: Feature Film and Animated Series.
The announcement of the finalists in the 10 categories was made today, during the 27th Malaga Film Festival. The Quirino Awards have the main sponsorship of the Tenerife Council through Turismo de Tenerife.
Spain’s Robot Dreams by Pablo Berger — also competing for the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film — and the Brazilian short Lulina e a Lua (Lulina and the Moon) by Marcus Vinicius Vasconcelos and Alois Di Leo are the works with the most nominations, three each.
A jury made up of directors José Miguel Ribeiro (Portugal), Marcela Rincón (Colombia) and Wesley Louis (United Kingdom), along with Zane Valeniece (Head of Acquisitions for the Latvian public television, LTV) and Emmanuèle Petry (co-founder and producer at Dandelooo, France), will be in charge of selecting the winners.
The presentation of the finalists took place as part of the activities of the Animation HUB of Spanish Screenings in MAFIZ – Industry Area at the Malaga Festival and was attended by Lope Afonso, VP of the Tenerife Council and Secretary of Tourism, External Action and International Relations; Carmen Jordán, Director of Fashion, Habitat and Cultural Industries of ICEX; Camilo Vázquez, Deputy Director General of Promotion and International Relations of the ICAA; Annabelle Aramburu, Coordinator of MAFIZ – Industry Area at the Malaga Festival; and Bea Bartolomé, Director of the Quirino Awards.
The nominees are:
Best Ibero-American Animation Feature Film
- Hanna and the Monsters – dir. Lorena Ares – Mr. Miyagi Films, Doce Entertainment (Spain)
- The Paradise – dir. Fernando Sirianni & Federico Moreno Breser – FS Entertainment, Nomad Cine, EOK Producciones, Mcfly Studio (Argentina)
- Robot Dreams – dir. Pablo Berger – Arcadia Motion Pictures, Lokiz Films, Noodles Production, Les films du Worso (Spain, France)
- Sultana’s Dream – dir. Isabel Herguera – Abano Producións, El Gatoverde Producciones, UniKo Estudio Creativo, Sultana Films, Fabian&Fred (Spain, Germany)
Best Ibero-American Animation Series
- Annie Rose’s Critter Camp Season 1 – dir. Andrés Lieban & Alessandro Monnerat – 2DLab (Brazil)
- Jasmine & Jambo Season 2 – prod. Sílvia Cortés – Teidees Audiovisuals, Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals, with the participation of IB3 (Televisió de les illes Balears), Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals (Spain)
- The Nutty Boy Season 2 – dir. Michele Massagli & Beto Gomez – Chatrone (Brazil)
- Poor Devil Season 1 – Created by Joaquín Reyes, Miguel Esteban & Ernesto Sevilla; dir. Miguel Esteban – Buendía Estudios & Rokyn Animation for HBO Max (Spain)
- Sex Symbols Season 1 – dir. Paloma Mora Iñesta & Alex Cervantes – TV ON Producciones, Admirable Films (Spain)
Best Ibero-American Animation Short Film
- Lulina and the Moon – Marcus Vinicius Vasconcelos & Alois Di Leo – Estudio Teremim (Brazil)
- Almost Forgotten – dir. Miguel Lima & Dimitrije Mihajlovic – Bap Animation Studio (Portugal)
- To Bird or Not to Bird – dir. Martín Romero – UniKo, Abano Producións (Spain)
Best Ibero-American Animation School Short Film
- Carcinization – dir. Denis Souza – Universidade Federal de Pelotas (Brazil)
- The Leak – dir. Paola Cubillos – KASK & Conservatorium Hogeschool Gent, Vrije Universiteit Brussels (Belgium, Colombia)
- Shell Shock – dir. Emilio Ramirez Castro – Escena, Escuela de animación y artes creativas (Mexico)
Best Ibero-American Animation Commissioned Film
- In the Stars – dir. Gabriel Osorio – Produced by Punkrobot Studio, Lucasfilm (Chile, U.S.A.)
- Sith (Star Wars Visions) – dir. Rodrigo Blaas – El Guiri Studios, Lucasfilm (Spain, U.S.A.)
- Little Birds – dir. Gabriela Badillo – Médicos Sin Fronteras, Hola Combo (Mexico)
Best Ibero-American Animation Music Video
- “All the Best” – dir. Pablo Roldán – Rudo Company (Argentina)
- “It’s Up to the Future” – dir./prod. Nat Grego (Brazil)
- “I Inside the Old I Dying” – dir. Cristóbal León & Joaquín Cociña – Diluvio, Globo Rojo, Pista B (Chile)
Best Ibero-American Animation for Video Game
- American Arcadia – Out of the Blue Games (Spain)
- Anyu – Antipodas Studio, DigiPen Europe-Bilbao (Spain)
- The Many Pieces of Mr. Coo – dir. Nacho Rodríguez – Gammera Nest (Spain)
Best Visual Development of Ibero-American Animation Work
- Robot Dreams -dir. Pablo Berger – Arcadia Motion Pictures, Lokiz Films, Noodles Production, Les films du Worso (Spain, France)
- Sith – dir. – Rodrigo Blaas – El Guiri Studios, Lucasfilm (Spain, USA)
- Sultana’s Dream – dir. Isabel Herguera – Abano Producións, El Gatoverde Producciones, UniKo Estudio Creativo, Sultana Films, Fabian&Fred (Spain, Germany)
Best Animation Design of Ibero-American Animation Work
- In the Stars – dir. Gabriel Osorio – Punkrobot Studio, Lucasfilm (Chile, U.S.A.)
- Lulina and the Moon – dir. Marcus Vinicius Vasconcelos & Alois Di Leo – Estudio Teremim (Brazil)
- Cold Soup – dir. Marta Monteiro – Animais AVPL, La Clairière Ouest (Portugal, France)
Best Sound Design and Original Music of Ibero-American Animation Work
- Jasmine & Jambo Season 2 – prod.Sílvia Cortés – Teidees Audiovisuals, Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals, with the participation of IB3 (Televisió de les illes Balears), Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals (Spain)
- Lulina and the Moon – dir. Marcus Vinicius Vasconcelos & Alois Di Leo – Estudio Teremim (Brazil)
- Robot Dreams -dir. Pablo Berger – Arcadia Motion Pictures, Lokiz Films, Noodles Production, Les films du Worso (Spain, France)
